Bond wire payoff system and method
AssigneeEncore Wire Corporation
InventorJeremy T. Smith
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Abstract
System and method for improved bond wire payoff during the armoring process of armored cables and metal-clad cables is disclosed. A bond wire payoff system includes a bare bond wire; a bond wire payoff assembly; a sensor assembly connected to the bond wire payoff assembly, wherein the bare bond wire passes through the sensor assembly; a controller coupled with the sensor assembly, wherein the controller detects a break in the bare bond wire; and an alarm, wherein the alarm is triggered when a break in the bare bond wire is detected.
Claims19
A bond wire payoff system, the bond wire payoff system comprising:
- a bond wire;
- a bond wire payoff assembly, wherein the bond wire passes through the bond wire payoff assembly;
- a sensor assembly connected to the bond wire payoff assembly, wherein the bond wire passes through the sensor assembly and wherein the sensor assembly comprises a rotatable sensor shaft and a rotatable sensor sheave connected to the rotatable sensor shaft;
- a controller coupled with the sensor assembly, wherein the controller detects a break in the bond wire;
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- an alarm coupled to the controller, wherein the alarm is triggered when a break in the bond wire is detected by the controller.
A method for detecting a break in a bond wire, the method comprising:
- pulling a bond wire, wherein the bond wire is pulled through a bond wire payoff assembly;
- passing the bond wire through a sensor assembly connected to the bond wire payoff assembly;
- determining the speed of the bond wire with the sensor assembly;
- comparing the speed of the bond wire with a predetermined speed to determine if the bond wire has a break;
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- triggering an alarm when the speed of the bond wire is below the predetermined speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.